Unsure of what happened to my pig

Lisa12

Post   » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:03 am


I mean too much of fresh food

Lisa12

Post   » Tue Oct 23, 2018 5:39 am


Okay..so update.. i ll ask some other vet to do culture..and she said..they ll have to sent to our vets, cause they re the only one to culture..shit.

So.. I ll have to give him azithromycin..thats what his vet decided.

He first tought Irie got this stuff from Galli, but Irie wasnt responding to 14 days of bactrim(oral), than he also didnt respond to four injections of bactrim(i think it must be like 8 daily dossage in it). They found two types of baccteria in gallis nasal discharge and zero in IRies(only fungus), that bactrim covered them both.. thats why Irie imidiatly got that.

So in the end he said.. that IRie has URI.. and Galli had URI and UTI-i noticed his piss was little wierd and they notice bloated stomach(also he said he didnt really expect to Galli not to make it, but there Galli has a lot of medical record already with him-including leg operation and castration-i was against it, but he wasnt mine, when they did it, i am against castration of healthy animals, except if its medical or you have male/Female together..and it was ordinary vet that did that and not exotic specialists, than they gave him up for adoption). My vet said that wasnt really good for him..cause he was very Young and not strong and beside that he was stressed out when he moved.

So...yeah..thats our story..And i adopted Irie ..he was living in his own shit and piss..(literally), nobody cared for him and he didnt even have a name..so i name him IRie(which means highest vibes in jamaican patois) and i have to pay for cage as well..they didnt wanna gave him away without money and i drive 1h 30min with my sister to get him..but i was never sorry, he s the best.

SO that i wont have to call, if he s taking benebac with azithromycin Will surely be okay if i understood you correct? We re starting today, already week late cause of pooping stuff..he feels brilliant otherwise(he still sneezes, discharge is ocassionally present).

Lisa12

Post   » Tue Oct 23, 2018 5:43 am


Oh and yes.. Iries body x-ray and urine analysis was perfetct, nothing wrong..

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Lynx
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Post   » Tue Oct 23, 2018 8:04 am


Yes, do give the benebac with the azithromycin. I posted this link earlier:
https://www.guinealynx.info/antibiotic_advice.html

Be on guard if he does not tolerate the antibiotic well and weigh once or twice daily to help monitor his food intake.

I am glad you are giving him a better chance at life. Your guinea pigs are lucky to have found you.

rjespicer

Post   » Tue Oct 23, 2018 6:33 pm


We give our 3 girls Bene-Bac after it was recommended to us and have not had any issues, apart from one syringe that was a bit oily when i unwrapped it but we switched to a fresh one. We occasionally give them some even though they are all off of meds now just to make sure their digestion is OK

Lisa12

Post   » Wed Oct 24, 2018 6:14 am


Thanks both so much!!

For now after one dossage(0,1ml every day for a week), he s normal, he very crazy, almost hyper active so you see easily if something is off, and he aint even that young cca 3years old..

Weight is stable.

And I am glad i have found your forum!! Benebac Works so great and he loves it, I cant belive it, he hadnt poop like he should in long time and i was trying different foods and everything-now its perfect..shame i didnt know it before for the other pigs as well..

Lisa12

Post   » Thu Oct 25, 2018 6:54 am


Eh, here we go again..he s feeling good, but his piss was orange today...:( Damn. He sneezed a little and has discharge at morning...and now this.. his poops are normal, yet his urine isnt.

I hope that all this medications didnt affect his liver cause otherwise we re really screwed..

I dont even know..i guess i ll go again to see the vet tomorrow morning..your toughts..?urine analysis was done about a moth ago

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Lynx
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Post   » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:33 am


I think some medications turn the urine orange. Give your vet a call and see if this is one of them.

Lisa12

Post   » Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:46 am


Yeah, yeah..thank you..its true
https://www.reviewstream.com/reviews/?p=115526

If I call our vet one more time, he ll kill me:) No, they always say to call and bring him in if he s weak.. once they were prepared to wait on him at evening..but than i brought him in at morning..anyway..thanks..i was worried we have some new complications..and now its not right time for it.

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Lynx
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Post   » Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:01 am


Glad you found confirmation that this med is one that turns the urine orange!

Google is our friend :-)

Lisa12

Post   » Sun Oct 28, 2018 4:19 am


He s not responding that well to azithromcyn..he has two more dossage to go and yesterday after 5. he had soft pops and was a little less happy than usual..

I mean sneezing is somehow better during the day, but at night is the same. Nearly no discharge yesterday-

As I said i would just do anything for him to get better and i mean it, but i dont know what to do anymore-i am quitting my collegue next week if we aint going anywhere with this i just lost my motivation..vet seemed Quite in the dark cause he wasnt responding on bactrim that Galli was(but they didnt cure him either, so.we only talked about it to help Irie.).

How dangerous is that dicharge and sneezing for real-it can really be fatal if left:(?

On positive note, he eats all the time..and if you put him on the floor he is running around..:)

All thats left for us is another baccterial culture, if they agree to do it after week off antibiotics..but they also say its not as accurate as for rabbits and stuff, so..we really aint got it easy.. all that is left is culture, bactrim again(but as i said its just shit cause there wasnt really any significant diference, lungs x-ray-somwhere else cause they just dont wanna do it.) I respect you all so much, cause having pigs can really be so tough..

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Post   » Sun Oct 28, 2018 10:53 am


Please start adding spaces between your paragraphs. I went back and added spaces between paragrphs in all your posts so I could read them more easily.

rjespicer covered a number of potential issues regarding bedding and issues in the home. Do you have any mold in the house? Does the cage always have good air circulation? Have you ever seen evidence of mice in the house?

Can you tell us about the food you feed? If the hay is dusty, perhaps you can shake it out, outside. You can also increase fluids by soaking the hay and offering it to your guinea pig, then removing it in an hour or two, to prevent molding.

Who is Ringo? Right now you only have the one guinea pig, but other pets? Tell us more about them.
He was giving him bactrim injections
Just a note to say Bactrim is usually given orally.
he s still crying when he poops cause of bactrim
This can be a sign of stones. Stones would not cause the breathing issues but may cause the crying while pooping.
stones.html

A list of common signs of illness:
emergency.html

If there are no other explanations, I think your idea of retesting to try to identify the bacteria after being off antibiotics is a good one.

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